KOF Ups Buying Spree with Queretano Bottler

Dec 16, 2011

Coca-Cola Femsa (KOF) has acquired the bottling operations of Grupo Fomento Queretano in a transaction worth MXP6.6bn ($479.3m), an indication of further consolidation in the Mexican bottling sector. As part of the purchase of Queretano, one of the oldest bottlers in Mexico, KOF will assume MXP1.22bn ($88.7m) of the target company’s debt and will pay...